Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Facts and Stats about the Dog name Dakota from 2K+ adoptable Dogs across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 03/29/26 - Dig In Most adoptable Dogs with the the name dakota live in the state of Texas and California. 25.0% live in Texas and California, 12.5% live in Arizona If you want to stand out take your Dog to New Hampshire (None live there). The majority of Dogs with the name Dakota are in the other group Is Dakota typically a male or female name? ♀♀♀♀♀ ♂ It can be used for both genders. However, Dakota is most often used as a female Dog name. Roughly 67.6% of all Dakota in the United States are female whereas only 32.4% are male. FEMALEMALE If you're a Dog and your name is Dakota you are most likelyA Husky 20.0% of all Dogs named Dakota are Husky 10.0% are Harrier 10.0% are Great Dane 10.0% are 10.0% are Yorkshire Terrier Yorkie Dakota is a pretty popular Dog name. Dakota is currently the 170th most popular Dog name in the United States. it reached its peak popularity as the 88th most common Dog name in Oct. In recent months, the name has become less popular. Interesting fact: Nevada is the state with the highest per capita adoptable Dogs named dakota Check out the per capita popularity of Dogs named dakota for each state in the map below. Is the Dog name dakota only for Dogs? Nope The first name dakota is a human name & There is also a Cat named dakota Did you enjoy this page? Share it! Facebook Twitter Tumblr Reddit And check out more names: Leo Bunny Pumpkin Shorty